Date:  June 17, 1914

Image Number:  B421cdB28

Comments:  On June 17, 1914, Scottsville Masonic Lodge #45 laid the cornerstone for its current home at 137 Main Street.  It was a stirring day in Scottsville with the town band marching down Valley Street, leading Lodge members from their meeting area at Beal's Hall to the new Lodge site. The first Lodge meeting was held in the upstairs meeting area after the buiding was completed in 1915 at a cost of $6000.  The United States Government rented the building's first floor to serve as the Scottsville Post Office from 1915 until the post office moved in 1964 to a new location on West Main Street.  In 2010, Coleman's Outdoors store occupied the old Post Office's first floor.

Masonic Lodge #45 began its history in Scottsville on December 7, 1851 and received its charter at their Valley Street meeting hall on the second floor of the Beal Building.  James W. Mason opened and closed the charter night exercises as the first Worshipful Master.  Members present for this historic meeting were William B. Brady, Sr.; John Hickok, Jr.; James Brady; Silas W. Dawson; Charles E. Little; J.L. Brady; J. M. Wade; W. F. Crawford; James A. Forbes; J.B. Dodd; W. Donoho; and James A. Leitch.

Reference: Scottsville Lodge #45 AF & AM history review for their centennial celebration on December 7, 1951; see www.lehansales.com/masons/scottsville.htm